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(Last updated January
2006) Author:
TheWeddingSite.com
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3 weeks before:
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Post
the local invitations, although in Malta it is still
the tradition to deliver them by hand. Allow plenty
of time if you intend to make home visits.
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Give address details and
timings to the wedding car hire company.
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Discuss your choice of music
with the musician.
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Buy
gifts for your
partner,
bridesmaids, ushers, etc.
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Order
appetisers and drinks for guests visiting you in the
coming days.
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2 weeks before:
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Organise the delivery of the
drinks to the reception venue.
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Prepare and conduct the church
rehearsal with your celebrant.
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Collect honeymoontrip
tickets. Confirm you have all the necessary travelling
documents, including foreign money and any Traveller's
Cheques.
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Purchase a guest book
and a nice pen.
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Contact your insurance agency
to discuss any necessary amendements that need to
be done to your life, car and other insurance policies,
to list your partner as the beneficiary.
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Consider extending your home
insurance to cover your wedding gifts.
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Open joint bank accounts and
decide on a budget and savings program.
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Go
out for the hen and bachelor parties. Hve
fun, but in a safe way!
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Start
the necessary preparations to welcome guests at
home.
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Get
Form E 111 if you are travelling in the EU. With
this form you will have the same rights of the local
citizens in case you will need to be admitted in hosital
while being abroad.
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1 week before:
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Confirm any remaining
contracts.
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Appoint a
person to deliver any excess food after
your wedding to a charitable institution. Why waste?!
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Pack your
suitcases for your honeymoon. Remember; do not pack any scissors or sharp objects
in your
hand luggage. It is a precaution against terrorism.
It is advisable to pack a change of clothes
in your hand luggage, just in case you are so unlucky
to have your luggage lost in transit or delayed.
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Leave
a copy of your honeymoon itinerary with a relative
in case of an emergency.
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Brides:
Any waxing that needs to be done?
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Try
to find time to visit a health spa together with your partner
to relax.
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The day
before:
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Try
to find a quite moment
to give your partner his/her gift.
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Find
time to say a big thank you to your parents for
all they have given you, be it moral or financial
support.
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Wedding
Day:
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Have a nice relaxed
breakfast. Hopefully by now you have delegated
everything that needs to be done.
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Confirm the
delivery of drinks,
the going-away outfits, guest book and pen, engagement
photo and other
items to
the reception venue.
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Congratulations!
Just make sure you enjoy your wedding to the full
and
remember
not to pressure yourselves to entertain your
guests!
You
may use our ‘Typical
Wedding Day Itinerary’ to
help you plan your wedding day.
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The
days after:
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Take wedding gown and veil to be cleaned at an experienced laundry.
If you intend to sell your gown, or any other
wedding items, place an advert in our
Classified
Section for
free!
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Take the bridal bouquet for preservation. This
must be taken soon after the wedding.
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Make sure all vendors have been paid in
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Take off on your honeymoon and enjoy it! You deserve it! |
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Freeze the top layer of the wedding cake to be eaten on your first
anniversary.
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Check out when to expect delivery
of your wedding photographs, video or dvd. |
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Within two months find time to write and send all the 'Thank You' notes
if not already done so.
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Within
three months apply to claim back the VAT paid on your
wedding services. Click
here for more info.
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Within
six months apply for the Government`s marriage grant
of Lm87 each (as at November 2003). Click
here for more info.
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Whilst
hoping we have been of help in planning your wedding,
we would love to receive some of your Wedding / Honeymoon Photos
to place in our Photo Album - www.TheWeddingSite.com/photoalbum.htm
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What couples
are saying about TheWeddingSite.com...
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"SITE TAL-GENN!!! Extremely interesting site, very helpful tips ...many thanks for your help. KEEP IT UP! :-) " - Justine Goggi (Malta)
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